The second virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) was the Canada run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a virtual international Fun Walking Not Running Tour as the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to my plans to start a “real world” international tour. Virtual Run Events
Read moreShortly after publishing my first blog post on my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour), I decided to sign up to every world race on offer by Virtual Run Events. I will be completing the world races I’ve signed up for in the following order: USA Canada Tahiti Tonga Thailand Qatar Lebanon England Switzerland Monaco Spain Portugal
Read moreI talked about my decision to try a new type of virtual run/challenge, the Conqueror Events in a previous blog post. The first Conqueror Virtual Challenge I decided to try was the English Channel. The English Channel challenge is the shortest Conqueror challenge at 21 miles/34 km and virtually takes participants across the width of the English Channel between England
Read moreI’ve decided to give a different type of virtual run/challenge a try, the Conqueror Virtual Challenges. The Conqueror Virtual Challenges provide participants a variety of challenges/virtual missions with various distances that are the equivalent of travelling to, from, through or around various global landmarks. The current Conqueror Virtual Challenges are: The English Channel (21 miles/34 km) The Inca Trail (26.2
Read moreThe first virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) was the USA run. As mentioned in my previous blog post, I decided to do a virtual international Fun Walking Not Running Tour as the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to my plans to start a “real world” international tour. Virtual Run Events
Read moreAfter completing my Fun Walking Not Running Tour around Australia, I was inspired to do a global tour. My plan was to at least start in Queenstown, New Zealand, in November this year, if not my native Australia before that, and try to do at least one run in each continent (including Antarctica if I could find one). However the
Read moreIn August, I set myself the challenge of completing a virtual marathon, specifically the Angel Kisses Virtual Run. Australian virtual fun running site, Heart & Soles Running, hosted the event. The difference between this virtual marathon and previous virtual marathons I have completed is that the goal was to complete a specific weekly distance: 10km per week, 20km per week
Read moreI got an email from the Heart Foundation of Australia advertising their MyMarathon event by asking me what type of runner/walker I am. Their email continued to encourage me by stating that I don’t have to be a world-class athlete to complete a marathon, anybody and everybody can run, wheel or walk MyMarathon. The email also stated that MyMarathon is
Read moreI’ll write a blog post on how COVID-19 has affected my fun running practises and future plans, but this post will focus on the first run that was affected—the Queenstown Marathon. I registered for the Queenstown Marathon as the first stop for my yet-to-be-fully-planned international fun running tour, which will be called Fun Walking Not Running Around the World. I
Read moreAnother virtual run I completed this year was Virtual Run Event’s World Chocolate Day Run 2020. The World Chocolate Day Run 2020 was established obviously to celebrate World Chocolate Day. It was Virtual Run Event’s third annual World Chocolate Day run. There was the option of five distances to complete: 1 mile, 5km, 10km, 13.1 miles and 26.2 miles, I
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